This now classic book is a significant corrective to several recent developments in the study of the historical Jesus. In contrast to depictions of Jesus as a wandering Cynic teacher...more details Format:Paperback Pages:288
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Geza Vermes
ISBN:9780847693405
Geza Vermes is known world-wide as an expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls and for his pioneering work, Jesus the Jew. But in addition to that he is the living embodiment of Jewish-Christian relations in the context of an honest quest for the truth. Few scholars can have had such a colorful and eventful life...more details Format:Paperback Pages:282
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Geza Vermes
ISBN:9780334043584
Comments on a variety of contemporary religious themes such as "The Da Vinci Code", Mel Gibson's infamous film "The Passion of the Christ", Benedict XVI's book "Jesus of Nazareth" and the "Gospel of Judas"...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:160
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Geza Vermes
ISBN:9780141197319
The discovery of the "Dead Sea Scrolls" in the Judaean desert between 1947 and 1956 transformed our understanding of the Hebrew Bible, early Judaism and the origins of Christianity. This title presents a translation of the non-Biblical "Qumran Scrolls"...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:720
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Geza Vermes
ISBN:9780800697631
Informed by the work of a world-class scholar, the short articles in this book open to the general reader the findings of some of the major discoveries of the twentieth century...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:185
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Geza Vermes
ISBN:9780141046150
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Qumran, Palestine, in 1947 was one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. Written in Hebrew...more details Format:Paperback Pages:259
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ISBN:9781400152940
Though the New Testament gospels are some of the most extraordinary documents ever written, the picture they provide of Jesus's world is a very partial one. This remarkable work paints a comprehensive and colorful picture of the world that Jesus knew. From detailed...more details Format:CD
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Vermes Geza
ISBN:9780334027843
Geza Vermes has been associated with the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls from the very beginning, and his translation of them, now published in this volume...more details Format:paperback Pages:288
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Vermes Geza
ISBN:9780713995671
There can be no doubt that Jesus - "a religious genius" as Geza Vermes describes him, lived and taught in Palestine some 2000 years ago. The influence he has had is incalculable. How can we distinguish between the doctrines shaped by the needs of the burgeoning Chritian Church and the original views laid out by Jesus himself? In this work...more details Format:Hardback Pages:464
There can be no doubt that Jesus, 'a religious genius' as Geza Vermes describes him, lived and taught in Palestine some 2000 years ago. The influence he has had is incalculable...more details Format:Paperback Pages:445
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Vermes Geza
ISBN:9780713991932
Rather than attempting to retrieve the historical Jesus by eliminating later theological accretions, this book starts by setting out four fully developed portraits...more details Format:Hardback Pages:288
Rather than attempting to retrieve the historical Jesus by eliminating later theological accretions, this book starts by setting out four fully developed portraits...more details Format:Paperback Pages:320
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Vermes Geza
ISBN:9780334043799
Geza Vermes is the greatest living Jesus scholar. In this collection of occasional pieces, he explores the world and the context in which Jesus of Nazareth lived and tells the story of the exploration of first-century Palestine by twentieth-century scholars. Informed by the work of a world-class scholar...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:268
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Vermes Geza
ISBN:9780141046228
The Nativity, Passion and Resurrection are the three defining episodes in the life of Jesus, forming the foundations of the Christian tradition. But what is the truth behind these epoch-making events?
Geza Vermes is one of the world's most respected bibilical historians. Bringing together his three acclaimed works on the life of Jesus in one volume...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:592
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VERMES GEZA
ISBN:9780385522410
The Nativity is the very heart of the Christian tradition. For more than 2,000 years, the story of Jesus' birth has been told and retold, mythologized and sentimentalized. In "The Nativity...more details Format:Hardback Pages:160
In a similar format to the astonishingly successful, The Passion Professor, Geza Vermes now turns his attention to the other key festival in the Christian calendar - Christmas. Vermes articulately and controversially disentangles the Christmas story as we know it...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:176
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Vermes Geza
ISBN:9780141021324
In his new book distinguished Jesus scholar Geza Vermes explains the true story behind The Passion of Christ and the recent, highly controversial...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:128
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Vermes Geza
ISBN:9780334027225
The autobiography of the Dead Sea Scrolls expert, who was born in Hungary, became a Roman Catholic priest in Belgium, studied in Paris, married in Newcastle and found fame and happiness in Oxford....more details Format:Paperback Pages:284
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Vermes Geza
ISBN:9780141030050
The story of Christ's crucifixion and subsequent resurrection is the rock of faith on which Christianity is founded. But on what evidence is the most miraculous phenomenon in religious history based? World-famous Biblical scholar Geza Vermes has studied all the evidence that still remains...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:176
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VERMES GEZA
ISBN:9780385522427
esurrection is the rock of faith on which Christianity is founded. But on what evidence is the most miraculous phenomenon in religious history based? World-famous biblical scholar Geza Vermes has studied all the evidence that still remains...more details Format:Hardback Pages:171
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Vermes Geza
ISBN:9780567083876
Written by one of the world's leading authorities on the Dead Sea Scrolls, these groundbreaking essays explore the significance of the scrolls for our understanding of the New Testament and Christian Origins.
Updated in the light of the most recent scrolls research these essays offer an overview of Dead Sea Scrolls research...more details Format:Hardback Pages:96
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Vermes Geza
ISBN:9780140245011
A complete translation of the Dead Sea scrolls, with introductory chapters describing the historical, cultural and religious background to the scrolls....more details Format:paperback (B format) Pages:672
Fifty years after the Scrolls' first discovery, and following the long-awaited release of all the scroll texts to scholars in 1991, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English is now completely revised and expanded....more details Format:Paperback Pages:694
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Vermes Geza
ISBN:9780567044624
Essays in this collection include 'Bible and Midrash - Early Old Testament Exegesis, Postbiblical Jewish Studies ' and 'The Archangel Sariel: A Targumic Parallel to the Dead Sea Scrolls...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:128
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Vermes Geza
ISBN:9780141017037
The books of the New Testament are some of the most extraordinary documents ever created - brilliant, vivid works central to the lives of many millions of readers over the centuries. Yet...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:285
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Vermes Geza
ISBN:9780140515657
The books of the "New Testament" are some of the most extraordinary documents ever created - brilliant, vivid works central to the lives of many millions of readers over the centuries. Yet...more details Format:Hardback Pages:304